Remote sensing of the spatial and temporal structure of magnetopause and magnetotail reconnection from the ionosphere

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chisham, Gaab ^a   Freeman, M P ^a   Abel, G A ^a   Lam, M M ^a   Pinnock, M ^a   Coleman, I J ^a   Milan, S E ^b   Lester, M ^b   Bristow, W A ^c   Greenwald, R A ^d   Sofko, G J ^e   Villain, J P ^f  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOTAIL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLASMA; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 44349098246     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RG000223     Document Type: Review

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